Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods – “Spain”

Crazy man Andrew Zimmern’s visit to Spain didn’t disappoint when it came to finding weird and bizarre things to eat. As always, Andrew finds interesting things to try, some look good, some look downright disgusting… but Andrew seems to enjoy it all.

Here’s a recap of the restaurants he visited and food he ate.

In Madrid he visits Casa Botin… the worlds oldest restaurant. It’s been in business since 1725. Andrew ate a whole roast pig. And I mean whole. He ate the tongue, ears, eyes, brain and to really get disgusting he had to suck on the skull. He also had angulas (baby eels), and baby squid cooked in their own ink.

After a tapas crawl that included pigs ears, bulls tails, blood sausage and tripe, Andrew went on a quest to find bull testicles. After visiting several places he ends up at Mercado de la Paz Market where the “criadillas” (bull’s testicles) are cooked up and eaten.

Next he was off to the Mueso del Jamon (Ham Museum). This is a place I would like. Ham is one of my favorites. And a store with nothing but different quality hams… I’d be in ham heaven. I found it interesting that serrano hams are the everyday hams to Spaniards. It’s the Jamones, that get top billing in Spain at around 8 times the cost of a serrano.

In Barcelona Andrew visited the La Boqueria, Barcelona’s largest and most famous food market. He ate razor clams, fried worms, crickets, and “horchata”, which is a drink made from tigernuts, water and sugar. And believe it or not, Andrew didn’t like it… I was shocked

His final stop was El Bullí, voted by many to be the best restaurant in the world. Andrew sampled many dishes cooked by the restaurants chef Ferran Adria, including nitrogen-cooled sake sorbet with lychee nuts and pine nut meringue. Each patron to this restaurant enjoys a 22 course meal. Wow, my kind of place.